God is in The House

Nick Cave and the bad seeds

We've laid the cables and the wires
 We've split the wood and stoked
 the fires
 We've lit our town so there is no
 Place for crime to hide
 Our little church is painted white
 And in the safety of the night
 We all go quiet as a mouse
 For the word is out
 God is in the house
 God is in the house
 God is in the house
 No cause for worry now
 God is in the house

Moral sneaks in the White House
 Computer geeks in the school house
 Drug freaks in the crack house
 We don't have that stuff here
 We have a tiny little Force
 But we need them of course
 For the kittens in the trees
 And at night we are on our knees
 As quiet as a mouse
 For God is in the house
 God is in the house
 God is in the house
 And no one's left in doubt
 God is in the house

Homos roaming the streets in packs
 Queer bashers with tyre-jacks
 Lesbian counter-attacks
 That stuff is for the big cities
 Our town is very pretty
 We have a pretty little square
 We have a woman for a mayor
 Our policy is firm but fair
 Now that God is in the house
 God is in the house
 God is in the house
 Any day now He'll come out
 God is in the house

Well-meaning little therapists
 Goose-stepping twelve-stepping Tetotalitarianists
 The tipsy, the reeling and the drop down pissed
 We got no time for that stuff here
 Zero crime and no fear
 We've bred all our kittens white
 So you can see them in the night
 And at night we're on our knees
 As quiet as a mouse
 Since the word got out
 From the North down to the South
 For no-one's left in doubt
 There's no fear about
 If we all hold hands and very quietly shout
 Hallelujah
 God is in the house
 God is in the house
 Oh I wish He would come out
 God is in the house